The first time I considered presenting at a writers conference, I immediately thought, “But I don’t know enough to teach anything.” Turns out, just about everyone who has been writing for a while knows something. Perhaps, like me, you’ve done a lot of research and figured out how to ferret out information in places besides “Google”…
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Rocky Mountain Writer #143
Todd Leatherman & Son Rise Todd Leatherman, who writes as TH Leatherman, published the third book in his ongoing sci-fi series earlier this month. It’s called Son Rise and it follows Marque of the Son, published last year, and The Burning Son, which debuted in 2016. Todd makes his home in Firestone, Colorado. He enjoys…
Journal your way to rich settings
The wedding excitement of September 7th has subsided. We enjoyed a loving and entertaining weekend, and my daughter Jalena was the most beautiful bride in the world. Euphoric, I rode a hot air balloon of happiness over a sunny, Rockwellian world where all the men were handsomely dressed. The women were beautiful, their hair perfect,…
Genre by any other name…
Hi, my name is Cindy Skaggs, and I write genre fiction. As ridiculous as it appears to readers, this kind of genre-as-vice mentality is an ongoing battle. Having worked in a large public library system while I finished my education, I know for a fact that librarians don’t care where something is shelved except as…
Rocky Mountain Writer #142
Live Report: 2018 Colorado Gold First-Timers Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ 2018 Colorado Gold Conference was held from Sept. 7 – 9 at The Renaissance Hotel in Denver. This year, podcast host Natasha Watts brought along her trusty recorder and tracked a trio of newbies. She checked in with them on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to…